Using social media in your laboratory can help you collaborate while simultaneously promoting your research to interested colleagues around the world. What started in the late 90s as a “social” way to connect with friends and family, social media has exploded into the habits of Americans’ everyday lives. Multiple social media platforms are relied on...
Considering your lab probably consumes more energy than your entire home, it might be time to look at a number of options to make your laboratory more energy friendly. Did you know laboratories consume five times more energy than your average home? And that small water baths can use as much energy as a dishwasher...
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Artificial intelligence – once only found in a Steven Spielberg movie – is being adopted by the healthcare industry more and more from improving diabetes outcomes to reducing unnecessary thyroid surgeries. As these technologies improve, clinicians will soon have yet another ally to individualize patient care. Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Those very phrases stir up...
Automatic for the (Lab) People: Embracing Automation in the Lab
New products are helping to bring the modern lab into the realm of science fiction of yesteryear as automation slowly but surely makes its way to the bench. When Hanna-Barbera produced The Jetsons for ABC in 1962, little did they know how much of their cartoon would become reality 57 years later. Robots would be...
Positive top-line results this week were announced from the multinational, pivotal Phase 3 SONICS study evaluating levoketoconazole for the treatment of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome. Strongbridge Biopharma is marketing the drug as RECORLEV™ . The open-label, single-arm SONICS study achieved statistical significance of its pre-specified primary endpoint, with 30 percent of patients achieving normalization of mean urinary...
Labconco SteamScrubber® 33 Now available in a new height of 33”, the SteamScrubber Glassware Washer fits beneath lower countertops. SteamScrubbers feature stainless steel top and bottom racks that accommodate basket inserts to hold a wide variety of glassware shapes and sizes, primarily beakers. Specialized inserts for petri dishes, culture tubes, and small utensils enhance the...
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ENDO 2018: Wearable Heart Rate Monitor Could Signal Low Blood Sugar in Type 1 Diabetes
A wearable medical patch measuring the beat-to-beat variation in heart rate is a promising device for the early detection of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, in type 1 diabetes, according to the researchers who tested the new monitor. Results of their preliminary study were presented Saturday at ENDO 2018, the Endocrine Society’s 100th annual meeting...
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FDA Approves New Continuous Glucose Monitoring System with Predictive Algorithm Technology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system for people with diabetes ages 14 to 75 years. Medtronic is marketing the system as Guardian Connect, the first smart standalone CGM system to help people with diabetes stay ahead of high and low glucose events. The Guardian Connect...
